CONTENTS
I. Damasks, Brocades and Velvets — Part I 1
II. Damasks, Brocades and Velvets — Part II 18
III. Damasks, Brocades and Velvets — Part III 32
IV. Fundamental and Modern Weaves 54
V. Laces 83
VI. Embroideries 106
VII. Carpets and Rugs 139
VIII. Carpets and Rugs 157
IX. Chinese and Bokhara Rugs 174
X. Caucasian and Turkish Rugs 186
XI. Persian and Indian Rugs 203
XII. Tapestries and Their Imitations 227
XIII. Gothic Tapestries 248
XIV. Renaissance Tapestries 268
XV. Gobelins, Beauvais, Mortlake Tapestries 284
XVI. Tapestry Furniture Coverings 306
XVII. Chintzes and Cretonnes 322
XVIII. Tooled and Illuminated Leathers 416
XIX. Wall Papers 358
XX. Drapery and Furniture Trimmings 394
XXI. Working Bibliography of Decorative Textiles 438
Index and Glossary 448
LIST OF PLATES
Damask Made in America. From an Old Italian Original: Colour Plate Opposite 2
Damask Made in America, Reproduction of Louis XVI Original 6
Brocade Made in America, Reproduction of One in thhe Brussels Museum 6
American Gold Brocade Based on an Ancient Sicilian Fabric 6
Broche, Made in America 6
Silk Damask With Loom Finish, Made in America 10
American Reproduction of French Damask 10
Grosgrain Damask, Made in America 10
Brocade Made in America, Reproduction of an Original in the Brussels Museum 10
Damask Made in America, Reproduction of an Original in the Brussels Museum 11
Louis XVI Brocade, Made in America 12
Large-Figured Brocade, Made in America 12
Primitive Coptic Velvet 14
Silk Tapestry, Made in America 14
Damask Made in America, Reproduction of an Original in the Brussels Museum 14
New Kind of Velvet, Recently Originated and Made in America 14
Modern Reproduction of English Brocade 16
A Silk Armure, Adam Style, Made in America 16
Brocade Made in America, Persian Style 16
Ancient Genoese Jardiniere Velvet in Seven Colours: Colour Plate Opposite 18
Sassanid Persian "Doublet" Patterns in the Berlin Museum 20
Byzantine "Doublet" Patterns 20
Byzantine "Annunciation" Design, in the Vatican 24
Byzantine Design From the Grave of Charlemagne, in the Berlin Museum 24
Byzantine "Quadriga" Design in the Cluny Museum 24
Baroque Velvet 24
Byzantine "Eagle" Design, in the Church of St. Eusebius at Auxerre 26
Byzantine "Double Eagle" Design, in the Berlin Museum 26
Spanish Thirteenth Century Pattern With Arabic Lettering 26
Louis XVI Velvet 28
Italian Renaissance Damask 28
Louis XVI Brocade 28
Italian Velvet of the Early Eighteenth Century 28
Italian Gothic Cope: Venetian Velvet of the Last Quarter of the Fifteenth
Century, With Orphrey Embroidered in Gold: Colour Plate Opposite 33
Fourteenth Century Italian Patterns 34
Cape in Persian Sixteenth Century Broeaded Velvet, in the Metropolitan Museum 36
Ancient Persian Velvet in the Metropolitan Museum 36
Persian Velvet on Satin Ground, Sixteenth Century 40
Fifteenth Century Venetian Brocaded Velvet in the Metropolitan Museum 40
Italian Renaissance Damask 40
Italian Baroque Damask in Silk and Linen 42
German Renaissance Damask, Gold Taffeta Figures on Red Satin Ground 42
Louis XIII Damask, Modern Reproduction 42
Louis XIV Damask, Modern Reproduction 42
Louis XIV Damask, Modern Reproduction 43
Louis XV Damask, Modern Reproduction 43
Louis XV Brocade, Modern Reproduction 43
Italian Rococo Brocade, Rich With Gold. Modern Reproduction 43
Louis XVI Velvet. Modern Reproduction 44
Louis XVI Brocade, Rich and Elaborate in Many Colours. Modern Reproduction 44
Italian Lampas in Five Colours. Modern Reproduction 44
Typical French Directoire Lampas in Three Colours. Modern Reproduction 44
Modern American Figured Velvets With Changeable Grounds 46
Italian Brocaded Damask of the Seventeenth Century 46
Modern American Figured Velvet 46
Modern American Figured Velvets With Changeable Grounds 50
Modern American Figured Velvets 50 — 51
Upholstered Furniture in the Morgan Collection at the Metropolitan Museum 52
Eighteenth Century Venetian Carved and Painted Chair, Upholstered in Striped
Satin: Colour Plate Opposite 54
Plain Weaves: Cotton Etamine; Jaspe Cloth; Crash; Burlap 58
Monk's Cloth; Basket Weave; Cotton Rep; Shikii Rep 59
Twill and Satin Weaves: Denim; Sateen; Satin Derby; Striped Denim 60
Damask Weaves: Satin Rep; Silk Damask; Antique Damask 62
Damask With Paper Gold Figures on Cotton Ground 64
Cotton Backed Damask With Satin and Gold Figure on Rep Ground 65
Silk Damask With Filet Lace Stripes in Cotton 65
Combination Weaves: "Striped Antoinette" 66
A Combination Weave; Satin Rep Stripe 66
Cotton Damask With Tapestry Stripes 67
Armure and Jacquard Tapestry Weaves 68
Modern American Jacquard Weaves 70
Jacquard Cotton Tapestries Woven in America 70
Modern American Woven Novelties 71
Broche and Novelty Weaves: Silk, Cotton Broehe; Brocade; Cotton Taffeta 72
Gauze and Net Weaves: Grenadine; Coarse, Striped, Fancy, Gauze Net 74
Old Style Derby 75
New Style Derby 76
Small-Figured Derby 78
Modern Gold Velvet in Sassanid Design 78
Modern American Jacquard Weaves 80
Modern American Woven Novelties 81
Ancient Reticella Lace on Drawn Linen 84
Punto in Aria Needlework Lace After it Emancipated Itself From the Reticella 84
Swiss Brussels Lace Motifs for Curtains 86
Broderie Anglaise (Pierced Work) 86
Cut Work Figure of a Man 86
Cluny Venise Lace 87
Italian Filet Figure Panel Lace 87
Filet Insertion Lace 87
Various Types of Cluny Lace 88
Examples of Real Laces 89
Flanders Lace Panel 90
Bruges Lace Panel 90
Modern Point de Venise Curtain Panel Motif 92
Door Panel Designs of Real Lace 93
A Drop Panel for Windows Composed of Flanders Point, Italian Filet, English
Cut- Work, Mounted on French -Scrim 94
One of a Pair of Lace Curtains Designed and Made in America 94
American Real Lace Curtain of Austrian Shade Type 94
Filet Antique 96
Machine Cluny Lace 96
"Arabian" Lace 96
Schiffle Lace Motif 96
Reticella Needle Lace 98
Schiffle Imitation Reticella Lace 98
Cluny Venise Lace 98
Russian Drawn Work 98
Group of Modern Fancy Nets 100
Machine-Made Curtain Nets 102 — 103
Panel Curtains in Assembled Machine Laces 104
Ancient Italian Embroidery in Applique Straw: Colour Plate Opposite 106
Face and Back of the Famous Dalmatic of Charlemagne 108
Two Fragments of the Most Famous Embroidery in the World — The So-called Bayeaux Tapestry 110
"John the Baptist," One of the "Golden Fleece" Embroideries Ill
Seventeenth Century Embroidered Panel Ill
Two of a Set of Fifteenth Century Florentine Embroideries: "Birth of John the Baptist," "Herodias Receives the Head of John the Baptist" 112
Renaissance Couched Embroidery 112
English Renaissance Embroideries: "The Triumph of Protestanism," With
Henry VIII on the Throne; Philip II of Spain and His Wife, Queen Mary 113
English Crewel Work of the Seventeenth Century 114
English Cushion Cover in Crewels. Modern Reproduction 114
A Sixteenth Century Spanish Cope, With Elaborate Gold-Embroidered Orphrey 116
Louis XVI Pictures Embroidered in Chenille and Silk 116
Ancient English Embroideries For Furniture Covering 117
Charles II Chairs Upholstered in Petit Point 118
English Bell Pulls in the Chinese Chippendale Style 119
Petit Point Pillow Top With Silver Wire 119
Chinese Monogram Designed and Embroidered With Bonnaz Machine 119
Bench Cover in Petit Point on Gros Point, English Chinese Style 120
Charles II Sofa Covered With Ancient Petit Point Embroidery 120
Woven (Jacquard) Reproductions of Needlework 122
Fire Screen Panelled in Louis XIV Petit Point Embroidery 123
Seventeenth Century Italian Embroidered Altar Frontal 128
Modern Reproduction of Old English Needlework, Ground in Gros Point, Personages in Petit Point 124
Seventeenth Century English Stump Work 125
Furniture Covering Designed and Embroidered by an Englishwoman 126
Pillows Embroidered With Wool 126
Art Embroideries Made in America 128
Spanish Applique Work of the Sixteenth Century 129
Sixteenth Century Spanish Chasuble 130
Renaissance Applique Embroidery on Damask Made by Hand in America 150
Mary E. Bulger's Sampler 181
Embroidery From India, Ancient Chumba Work 182
Decorated Bulgarian Scarf 182
Sixteenth Century Embroidered Persian Cover, Like a Rug of the Period 134
A Sind Bag With Tiny Mirrors Applique 134
Chinese Eighteenth Century Embroidery Picturing the Emperor Kien Lung and His Empress With Their Court 135
Turkish Embroidered Cover ; 136
Turkish Embroidery of the Eighteenth Century 136
Persian Embroidered Rug of the Nineteenth Century 136
Late Seventeenth Century Bed Room in the Brooklyn Museum, With Embroidered Draperies of the Period 137
Sample of Modern French Savonnerie to Show Colour, Design and Texture: Colour Plate Opposite 140
Savonnerie Rug of the Seventeenth Century 142
Savonnerie Screen Panels of the Seventeenth Century 144
Louis XV Tapestry Rug of Irregular Shape, Made in America 146
Renaissance Tapestry Rug With Byzantine Field, Made in America 148
Full Size Section of a Tapestry Rug, Nine Ribs to the Inch 148
Eighteenth Century Spanish Tapestry Rug 150
Oval Hand-Tufted Rug Made in America 151
Modern Aubusson Tapestry Rug Designed in America 152
Sections of Modern Italian Renaissance and Louis XIV Savonnerie Rugs 152
Dining Room at Mt. Vernon, Virginia. Aubusson Tapestry Rug on Floor 154
Section of American-Made Chenille Axminster Rug: Colour Plate Opposite 158
The Process of Making Chenille Rugs 1 62
Chenille Axminster Made in America 164
American Chenille Axminster, Plain Centre With Elizabethan Border 161
Old-Fashioned Ingrain Carpeting 166
Velvet Carpeting Made in New York 166
Tapestry Carpeting Made in New York 166
Spool Axminster Picture Rug Made in New York 168
Spool Axminster Carpeting Made in New York 168
American Chenille Axminster Rug, Mottled Field With Plain Stripe Border 170
Wilton Carpeting Made in Massachusetts 170
Brussels Carpeting Made in Massachusetts 170
Fereghan Rug Made in Massachusetts, With Machine-Tied Senna Knot 172
Large Spanish Renaissance Embroidered Rug 172
Chinese Rug of the Kien-Lung Dynasty 176
Emblems of the Literati 178
The Eight Ordinary Symbols 178
Emblems of the Eight Immortals 178
Eight Buddhist Emblems 178
Chinese Rug of the Kang-hi Dynasty, With the Symbols of the Literati 180
Chinese Rug of the Kang-hi Dynasty 180
Chinese Rugs of the Kien-lung Dynasty 181
Chinese Rug of the Ming Dynasty 182
Samarcand Rug 182
Royal Bokhara Rug 181
Princess Bokhara Rug 181
Pinde Bokhara Rug 184
Tekke Bokhara Rug 184
Yomud Bokhara Rug 184
An Especially Fine Ladik Rug: Colour Plate Opposite 186
Kazak Rug 188
Guenje Rug 188
Daghestan Rug 190
Shirvan Rug 192
Chichi Rug 194
Baku Rug 194
Cabistan Rug 196
Eighteenth Century Caucasian Rug 196
Lesghian Rug 196
Cashmere Rug 198
Ghiordes Prayer Rugs 200
Portrait of George Gyze Showing a Turkish Rug With Cufic Border 201
Two Types of Kulah Rug 201
Persian Prayer Rug of the Sixteenth Century: Colour Plate Opposite 204
Persian Rug of the Sixteenth Century 206
Ancient Ispahan Rug, Showing Chinese Cloud Bands 207
Persian Rug of the Seventeenth Century 207
An Extraordinary Large Karadagh Rug: Colour Plate Opposite 208
Ardebil Animal Rug 210
A Sixteenth Century Persian Rug 212
A Sixteenth Century Persian Silk Rug 212
Portion of a Sixteenth Century Persian Rug, Showing "Worn Down" Texture 214
Early Sixteenth Century Persian Rug of "Compartment" Design 215
Sixteenth Century Persian Prayer Rug, With Arabic Inscriptions 215
Typical Sehna Rug, With Herati Motif in Border and Field 216
Typical Serebend Rug, W T ith "Pear" Field and Border of Many Stripes 216
Small Fereghan Rug 218
Part of a Long Hamadan Rug 218
One of Many Types of Mosul Rug 219
Superb Saruk Rug, With "Tree of Life" Design 219
Rich and Intricately Patterned All-Silk Kashan Rug 220
Typical Modern Kirman Rug 220
Ancient "Flower Garden" Kirman Rug 222
Small Tabriz Rug 222
Khorassan Rug With "Vase" Design 224
Quaint and Curious Shiraz Rug 224
The Great Ardebil Rug in the South Kensington Museum 225
Persian Early Seventeenth Century Rug 225
Jacquard Tapestry Panel: Colour Plate Opposite 228
Primitive Coptic Tapestry in the Metropolitan Museum 230
Ancient Peruvian Tapestries and Tapestry Figured Fabrics 232
Verdure With Landscape and Birds. A Modern Aubusson Tapestry 234
Verdure With Border. Hand- Woven "Double Warp" Imitation Tapestry 234
"The Birth of Bacchus." An Aubusson Tapestry of the Eighteenth Century 236
Aubusson Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century: "The Strife of Agamemnon and Achilles;" "The Transformation of Jupiter" 238
Merton Tapestry: "Two Angles With Harps" 240
Boucher Medallion on Damask Ground 240
Tapestry Designed by Albert Herter and Woven in America 241
Jacquard Tapestry Woven in America 242
Tapestry Screen Panels Woven in New York 243
Four Eighteenth Century Spanish Tapestries 244
"Don Quixote Knighted." Spanish Tapestry Designed by Procaccini and Woven by Vandergoten's Sons 246
David and Bathsheba Tapestry. Part of the Famous Late Gothic "Story of David," in the Cluny Museum, Paris: Colour Plate Opposite 248
Gothic Tapestries: "Titus," Part of a Fifteenth Century Gothic Tapestry in the Metropolitan Museum; a Gothic "Mille-Fleur," With Animals 250
"The Redemption of Man," a Late Gothic Tapestry Rich With Gold 252
"The Son of Man," a Fourteenth Century Gothic Tapestry of the Famous Apocalypse Set at Angers, France 252
Lower Right Corner of "The Redemption of Man," Picturing Moses With the Twelve Commandments 253
"The Prophecy of Nathan," a Magnificent Late Gothic Tapestry 254
One of the Famous Four Hardwicke Hall Hunting Tapestries 256
"The Wood- Cutters," a Famous Late Gothic Tapestry in the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris 256
Gothic Hunting Tapestry in the Minneapolis Museum of Fine Arts 257
Part of the "St. Peter" Series Given to the Beauvais Cathedral in 1 460 258
"Joseph Presenting Jacob to Pharaoh." A Fifteenth Century Gothic Tapestry 258
"The Crucifixion, Last Supper and Resurrection." A Fifteenth Century Gothic Tapestry in the Chicago Art Institute 260
Gothic "Credo" Tapestry in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts 260
"The Triumph of the Virgin," Gothic Tapestry in the Royal Spanish Collection 262
"The Adoration of the Magi," Late German Gothic Tapestry 264
"The Massacre of the Innocents." Formerly in the Hoentschel and Morgan Collections 264
"The Court of Love." Late Gothic Tapestry at the Metropolitan Museum .... 266
"The Head of Cyrus." Flemish Renaissance Tapestry: Colour Plate Opposite 268
"The Blinding of Elymas." One of the Famous "Acts of the Apostles" Series, Designed by Raphael, and Now in the Royal Spanish Collection 270
"Saint Paul Before Agrippa and Berenice." Early Renaissance Tapestry in the Royal Spanish Collection 272
"Joseph Sold by His Brethren." A Renaissance Tapestry in the Foulke Collection 272
"Artemisia Brings Aid to Cyrus, Who Has Bridged and is About to Cross the Hellespont." Renaissance Tapestry, One of a Set in the Royal Spanish Collection 274
"A Concert in the Open." Early Renaissance Tapestry Designed by van Orley 276
"Our Lady of Sablon." An Early Renaissance Tapestry in the Brussels Museum 278
The Doll f us Crucifixion. An Early Renaissance Tapestry Rich With Gold, Designed by Bernard van Orley and Now Owned by Mrs. Widener 278
One of the "Hunts of Maximilian," a Series of Twelve Tapestries Designed by Bernard van Orley Now in the Louvre 280
"Hercules Kills the Dragon of the Hesperides." One of a Set of Renaissance Tapestries in the Imperial Austrian Collection 280
"Children Playing." Renaissance Tapestry After Giulio Romano 280
"The Triumph of Venus."^ Renaissance "Grotesque" Tapestry in the French National Collection 281
"Marsyas Flayed by Apollo." Renaissance Tapestry in the Royal Spanish Collection 281
"The Creation of Eve." Renaissance Tapestry. One of a Set in the Tapestry Gallery at Florence 281
"David Dancing Before the Ark." Flemish Renaissance Tapestry 282
Beauvais Tapestry Designed by Berain: Colour Plate Opposite 281
"Diana Imploring Jupiter." Early Gobelin Tapestry Designed by Dubreuil 286
"Alexander Entering Babylon." Louis XIV Gobelin Tapestry Designed by Lebrun 288
"Winter." Louis XIV Gobelin Tapestry Designed by Mignard 290
"Dido and yEneas." Louis XIV Tapestry Designed by Antoine Coypcl 292
"The Toilet of Esther." Louis XV Gobelin Tapestry Designed by De Troy 291
"The Farm." Beauvais Tapestry Designed by Huet 296
The "Parnassus" Tapestry in the New York Public Library. A Louis XIV Brussels Woven by Judocus de Vos 296
"Le Depit Amoureux." Beauvais Tapestry Designed by Oudry 298
"Fishing." Beauvais Tapestry Designed by Boucher 300
Folding Screen Panelled With Beauvais-Boucher Tapestries 302
"The Healing of the Paralytic." Mortlake Tapestry Designed by Raphael, With Seventeenth Century Border 301
Tapestry Chair Back, Rich with Gold, Made in America: Colour Plate Opposite 306
Sofa and Cushion Covered With Ancient Flemish Verdure Tapestry 308
Mille-Fleur Tapestry Coverings, Made in America 308
Inexpensive Tapestry Chair Seat, Made in America: Colour Plate Opposite 310
Tapestry Chair Seat, Old English Needlework Style, Made in America: Colour Plate Opposite 310
Tapestry Coverings Made in England Last Half of the Seventeenth Century 312
Tapestry Coverings for Seat, Back and Arm of Sofa. Made at Aubusson 312
Louis XV Ancient Tapestry Coverings, Made at Aubusson 314
Louis XV Tapestry-Covered Chair in the Metropolitan Museum 316
Louis XVI Ancient Tapestry Coverings, Made at Aubusson 316
Thomas Thierry Tapestry Coverings, Made at Aubusson 317
Screen Panelled With Ancient Brussels Renaissance Tapestry 318
Mille-Fleur Tapestry Coverings, Made in America 320
Modern Sofa Covered With Tapestry Made in America 320
Palampores or Hand-Painted Cottons of the Seventeenth Century From India, Showing the Tree of Life Inside the Mirab or Prayer Niche: Colour Plates Opposite 322, 321
Gothic Antependium (Altar Frontal) Printed in Black From Nine Blocks, Showing Christ, Saint Barbara, Saint George, Mary and John, With Gothic Inscription and Ornamental Border. Tyrolian of the Fifteenth Century 326
Cotton Prints of the Sixth Century A. D. From Achmim, in Egypt 326
Thirteenth or Fourteenth Century Printed Linen in Black From Cologne 327
Romanesque, Twelfth or Thirteenth Century, Printed in Silver on Blue Linen. From the Lower Rhine 327
Gothic Wall Hanging Printed in Three Colours. French-Flemish of the Ffteenth Century 327
Fourteenth Century Italian Wall Hanging in Black and Red on Linen 328
Rhenish Print of the Sixteenth Century, in Black on White Linen 328
Seventeenth Century German Chalice Cover Printed in Black on White Linen 328
Eighteenth Century Persian Painted Panel on Linen 329
Hand-Painted Cottons of the Seventeenth Century From India, Parts of a Wall Covering Consisting of a Series of Seven Panels Measuring 23 Feet Wide by 8 Feet High: Colour Plates Opposite 330, 332
Ancient Portuguese Block Prints 334
"Les Colombes" (The Doves). An Ancient Jouy Copper-Plate Print in Brown on Linen, Showing Oberkampfs Signature 336
Jouy Copper Print in Red, Made About 1785, and Signed, "Manufacture Royale de S. M. P. Oberkampf," Picturing Oberkampfs Factory, Together With the Process of Plate and Roller Printing 338
A Jouy Print, "The United States Received Among the Nations" 338
Three Huet Designs For Jouy Prints 339
"The F'our Seasons." F'rom a Copper Plate Engraving of One of Huet's Designs For Jouy Prints 310
An Ancient Chintz Illustrating The Declaration of Independence 311
Patriotic Prints 342
Late Eighteenth Century Prints Made in France Depicting the Triumph of Washington, and Probably Made for the American Market 311
An Ancient Printed Cloth Showing General Lafayette on the Left, in 1790; on the Right, in 1830 315
An Ancient Print, the So-Called "Toile de la Bastile" 316
Ancient Printed Cloths 318
"Pheasant and Larch." Originated in America and Printed in England on Linen, From Wooden Blocks 319
Modern Block Prints, Printed in England But Originated in America 319
Block Print Designs by William Morris 350, 352
Modern Satin, Printed in Bright Colours From Ancient Copper Plates 353
Modern Chintz on Linen, Printed From the Ancient Blocks 353
Four Modern American Silk Prints 351
Cotton Cloth on Which American Makers Print With Copper Rollers 355
Eight Cretonne Patterns Just Brought Out by an American Maker 356
"The Origin of Wall Paper." A Chinese Painting in the Style of Kien-lung, Picturing the Taoist Fairy, Mo-ku-hsien, With Attendant Deer: Colour Plate Opposite 358
Wall Paper Painted in China and Now on the Walls of the Cadwalader Room in the Metropolitan Museum 360
- Famous Picture Wall Papers: A Teniers Tapestry in Paper; "Psyche at the Bath," Designed by David for Napoleon 362
"The Chinese Garden." A Hand-Blocked Landscape Paper, Made in Alsace About 1810, After Designs by French Artists: Colour Plate Opposite 36l
Three Hand-Blocked Alsatian Papers 366
Modern Machine-Printed Zuber Papers 367
Modern Machine-Printed Zuber Papers in the Chinese Style 368
Hand-Blocked Paper in the Adam Style, Designed in England, Made in Alsace 370
Six Wall Papers Made in France 372
Walter Crane's "Macaw": Colour Plate Opposite 374
The Boscoreale Frescoes From Pompeii as Set up in the Metropolitan Museum 376
Famous Papers by William Morris 378, 379
Famous Papers by Walter Crane: Colour Plates Opposite 380
An Ancient Paper From Salem, Massachusetts 382
The Jumel Mansion Paper 384
An American Hand-Blocked Paper 386
American Wall Papers Imitating Textiles 388
American Wall Papers Imitating Leather 389
American Wall Paper Patterns 390
Modern Patriotic Wall Papers 392
Fringes de Luxe 395
Tassels 396
Velvet Figured Gimps 398
Velvet Figured Borders 399
Openwork Gimps 400
Tassel Edgings 402
Bullion Fringes 403
Cut Fringes 404
Tassels Triumphant 406
Fringes Rampant 410
Fringes From the Morant Collection 412
Bedrooms in the Residence of James Deering, at Miami, Florida 414
Ancient Italian Leather From the House of Titian: Colour Plate Opposite 416
Georgian Leather With Red Flock Ground: Colour Plate Opposite 418
Ancient Portuguese Chair-Back in Chiselled Leather, Showing the Tree Design With "Doublet" Lions 420
Eighteenth Century Spanish Leather Panel in Gold and Blue on Green 420
Ancient Spanish Leather Showing Large Pomegranates Framed in Zigzag Halo 422
Twisted Column With Capital in Ancient Italian Tooled and Illuminated Leather of the Sixteenth Century: Colour Plate Opposite 424
An Antique Chinese Georgian Screen 426
Illuminated Leather of the French Regence 426
Ancient Spanish Picture Panels on Leather, From Avignon 428
Louis XVI Leather Screen Now at Biltmore 429
Portfolio in Gold Leaf Design, From the Back of an Italian Cardinal's Chair 432
Edgings for Bookcases and Tables 434
Modern Leather Screen in Persian Design 436
Modern Leather Screen in Louis XV Design 436

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